Planning Commission Minutes 02-21-1978
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MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION
. February 21, 1978 - 7:30 P.M.
Members Present: Topel, Erickson, Fair, Ridgeway, Miller.
Member Absent: Bauer.
1. Approval of minutes.
A motion was made, seconded, and unanimously carried to approve minutes
of 2-7-78 as presented.
2. Public Hearing - Preliminar.y Plat and Rezoning - Howard Gillham.
This preliminary plat and rezoning issue were subjects of the last two
Planning Commission meetings.
Bob Rohlin, engineer for Mr. Gillham revised the plat so that driveways
do not access directly off County #39. Additionally, the plat has been
reduced so that only the area to the north of the ring road is platted.
As a result, the entire area to the south would remain commercial.
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The Plat now consists of 67 single family lots and the 100' wide collector
street through the property would be dedicated to the city, but would not
be developed at the present time as all lots could be served by sewer
and water from Connty Road #39.
Mr. William Hoffman, representing Ruff Auto Parts, Inc., still voiced
objections to the preliminary plat and any rezoning of the property to
residential.
In addition, he felt that developing Mr. Gillham's property for residen-
tial homes would be against the revised comprehend ve plan for the city
and would tend to depreciate Mr. Ruff's abutting property.
In regard to the park dedication requirements for this plat, Mr. Rohlin
again stated that Mr. Gillham prefers to give cash instead of land for
park dedication requirement.
Dick Dwinell, consulting planner, recommended that the commission consider
a neighborhood park for the subdivision due to its size.
Considerable discussion by the commission members was held on requiring
land for a park within the plat vs a cash dedication.
Although playgronnd facilities at Pinewood Elementary School are relatively
close, committee members did feel that the size of this subdivision would
merit a park within the plat.
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Motion was made by D. Erickson, seconded by Topel and nnanimously carried
to recommend approval of the preliminary plat as presented.
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In addition, the Plarming Commission recommended that when this plat is
presented to the City Conncil for approval, land for a park within the
plat be considered by the developer.
In regard to the rezoning issue, a motion was made by Topel, seconded
by Erickson and nnanimously carried to recommend that all of Mr. Gillham's
property located north of the proposed Ring Road be rezoned from :&-4 to R-l.
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Lower Monticello or
Famil Residential
Joseph Peterson, owner of the home located at 348 E. Broadway, requested
the rezoning of his property from R-2 to B-4 for the purpose of setting up
a hair styling shop in the residential home.
Mr. Peterson, a real estate agent from Buffalo, recently purchased the home
on Lots 11, 12, and 13 and has a potential buyer for the home who wishes
to use the house as his residence along with a hair styling shop.
Mr. Peterson was not present at the meeting, but did contact some of the
area residents within 350' who signed a statement indicatin~ they would
not object to a hair styling shop or rezoning of the north 2 of Block C.
In checking the list of signatures, only one property owner affected by the
rezoning had signed. In addition, when the hearing was opened to citizens
comments in regards to the proposed rezoning and approximately 20 area
residents expressed opposition to commercial zoning of the primarily resi-
dential block.
Hearing no other comments in favor of the rezoning, a motion was made by
Fair, seconded by Topel and nnanimously carried to recommend denial of
the rezoning request from R-2 to B-4.
4. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit - Pet Hospital.
At the Planning Commission's September 1977 meeting, a building permit
and conditional use permit was approved for Joel Erickson to build a
Pet Hospital within a B-3 (Highway Business) zone on the east side of High-
way 25 just south of the 1-94 interchange.
Dr. Erickson has now decided to build on property owned by the Shopping
Center. The building would be a separate structure of approximately 3,000
square feet. (Plans for building are the same as before). A site plan was
presented showing the location of the proposed building which is about 150
feet north of the shopping center and situated on an area that is now black-
topped.
Since the shopping center area is in a B-3 (Highway Business) zone, a motion
was made by Topel, seconded by Fair and nnanimously carried to approve the
conditional use permit request for a Pet Hospital in the Shopping Center
property with the following conditions:
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1. No outside pens or kennels.
2. Annual inspection by City Health Officer at owner's expense.
3. All animals must be leashed.
4. Treatment would be limited to small domesticated animals.
5. Sideyard setbacks would be 20 feet instead of 10 feet.
6. No outside storage of carcasses.
5. Public Hearings - Ordinance Amendment & Conditional Use Permit - Marn Flicker.
Mr. Marn Flicker has purchased the former Fullerton Lumber site and is propos-
ing to utilize a portion of the existing storage buildings for his own business
and additionally he intends to lease out additional space primarily to
businesses in the downtown areas. Total square footage of these buildings
is over 7,000 square feet.
In order to allow such a use, the ordinances would have to be amended since
there is no provision currently for commercial (leased) storage within a
B-4 zone. Our current ordinance only allows storage that is accessory to the
principal use of a business on the same lot within a B-4 commercial zone.
In addition, Mr. Flicker presented a site plan of the property indicating
his intentions of building an 80' x 100' steel building hopefully in 1978.
Present plans call for moving his TV Sales and Repair Business to this new
building and probably renting out one-half (~) of the new building to
another business.
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Once the new building was completed, a conditional use permit would not be
necessary if the existing buildings were used only as an accessory to the
the new principal building.
As a member of the Downtown Development Committee, Bud Schrupp indicated
no opposition to the short-term use of these existing buildings as rental
storage, but hoped that the Development Committee did have any opportunity
to review in future building plans for this property.
Motion was made by Erickson, seconded by Fair and unanimously carried to
amend Ordinance Section 10-14-4 allowing Commercial Storage Contained
:Ehtirely Wi thin a Building as a conditional use wi thin a B-4 (Regional
Business) .
Also, a motion was made by Erickson, seconded by Fair and unanimously
carried to recommend approval of a conditional use permit for rental
storage buildings to Marn Flicker per plat plan submitted with the following
conditions:
1. Expires 12 months after occupancy.
2. If a new building is not constructed wi thin 12 months, the
applicant would have to apply for a renewal of the permit.
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6. Consideration of Builcting Permit - Rick Doerr and Dean Hoglund.
Rick Doerr and Dean Hoglund requested a building permit to construct a 42' x
300' storage building on the north ~ of Lot 2, Block 1, Oakwood Industrial
Park.
The 12,600 square foot builcting would be steel construction consisting of
fifty (50) individual garages for rental storage. The site plan includes
a layout for a second building which would not be constructed at the present
time.
The builcting plans and site plans were reviewed by J. Miller, Building
Inspector, who recommended a few changes be noted on the site plan
regarcting the parking lot curb barrier and drainage plans.
Motion was made by Topel, seconded by Erickson and unanimously carried to
recommend approval of builcting permit for the 50 stall rental garage in
Oakwood Industrial Park contingent upon review of plans by City Ehgineer and
submission of certificate of survey on property.
7.
Miscellaneous.
A. Committee member D. Erickson asked that consideration be given to
amending the current sign ordinance relative to sign height and square footage
requirements as follows:
PRESENT ORDINANCE:
SPEED
30
35
40
45
50
PROPOSED ORDINANCE:
SPEED
30
40
50
AREA
50
100
125
150
175
HEIGHT
18
22
24
26
28
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100
150
200
HEIGHT
22
25
28
Dick Dwinell was asked to review the sign height and area requirements
relating to each speed zone and report his recommendations on possible
amendments at the Joint Planning Commission and City Council Meeting
scheduled to review the Comprehensive Plan.
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B. J. W. Miller informed the committee that the owner of the Dairy Queen
building proposed for lot 7&$, Block 5, may decide to construct a larger
building than originally intended. The building, if enlarged, would not
meet the 30' setback requirements of the ordinance for B-3 zoned property.
Mr. Miller was informed that the owners of the building would have to apply
for a setback variance should they desire to build closer to Hwy. 25 than
30' .
On a motion by F. Fair, seconded by F. Topel and unanimously
carried, the meeting was adjourned.
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